Device for stacking hay



(No Model.)

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OBED H. KING, OF HOUGHTON, IO\VA.

DEVICE FOR S'TIACKING HAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,262, dated June 21, 1887.

Seiial No. 209,876. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OBED II. KING, of Houghton, in the county of Lee and State of Iowa,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Stacking Hay; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being, had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in devices for stacking hay; and it consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, which will be more fully described hereinafter, and set forth in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a frame-work in which two uprights are used, and upon which the stacker moves,the stacker being provided with rollers which move upon opposite sides of the frame until the stacker strikes suitable stops in its upward movement, which causes it to tilt and discharge the hay directly upon the stack without intervention upon the part of the operator.

Figure l is a front view of the device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, showing the stacker in dotted lines, in position to dump its load. Fig.3 is a detail view.

A represents the two runners, which are rigidly connected together by means of the horizontal cross-beam B and the two braces G. Rising from the ends of the beam B are the two uprights D, which are braced rigidlyin position by the two braces E, which are 0011- nected at their lower ends to the cross-beam B, and by the two braces F, which are connected at their lower ends to the runners A. These two uprights D alone serve as the guides upon which the haystacker G moves. At a suitable distance above the lower ends of the uprights are secured to their rear sides the two rearwardlyinclined guides H, which are secured at their upper ends to the stops I, which are fastened to the outer sides of the uprights D. These stops are fastened to the guides and the uprights at such an angle that when the hay-stacker G is raised to its highest point the side beams of the stacker will rest against the under sides of the stops, as shown.

The hay-stacker G consists of the end beams, X, which extend diagonally to the uprights and outside of the frame-work, and which are conneeted'togelher by the cross-beams l J, to which the set of teeth L are secured. A second set of teeth, N, are secured to the teeth L near their inner ends, and extend backward over the top of the beam 1', the two sets of teeth being at an obtuse angle to each other, about as-shown in the drawings. Upon the cross-beam I,and upon the rear ends of the end beams, X, are the guidingrollers P Q, which bear against the opposite sides of theuprights whilethe stacker is being raised and lowered. These rollers not only enable the stacker to move with as little friction as possible, but serve to guide it in its movements. Thehoisting-ropes are secured at one end to the upper ends of the uprights, at the points It, extend down under the rollers P, then back up over the rollers Sin the tops of the uprights, down u nder the rollers T on the braces E,then around the pulleys U on the cross-beam B, and then outward to where they are connected to the horse or other draft-animals.

' 'hen the pull is exerted upon the hoisting ropes,the stacker G rises upward until the end beams of the stacker strike against the stops I, when the teeth N are tilted downward and the ones L upward, so as to discharge theload of hay upon the stack which is being formed.

The great ad vantage in the construction here shown consists in using two single uprights, upon which the stacker G moves, thus greatly reducing the cost of the machine over those now in use, in which two or more uprights are used as guides for the stacker.

In a depression in the ground in front of the center of the hay-stacker is driven the stake the top of which coinesjustabout on alevel with the surface of the ground, so as not to be in the way. Fastened to the elevating-ropes by a rope of suitable length is the weight 3, which should be sufficiently heavy to act as a sort of counter-balance to the stacker, for the purpose of preventing it from descending too rapidly after the hay has been emptied from it and the hoisting-ropes become slackened- This weight drags along the top of the ground, and thus prevents the stacker from descending too rapidly. The knot formed in the hoistingrope by the attachment of the rope connected to the weight serves as a stop by catching against the loop 2, and thus prevents the hoistingrope from passing through the loop 2'sufliciently far to allow the stacker to drop upon the bottom of the frame-work. In this manner the hoisting-rope is held taut, and the stacker is supported just above the base sufficiently far to prevent it from causing a concussion as it drops. The depression in the ground to one side of the stake will be sufficiently large to allow the weight to sink into it,and thus be out of the way of the horserake as it is bringing its load to the stacker.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A stacker comprising the runners A, the cross-beam B, which connects the two runners together, the two uprights D, carrying suitable guiding-pulleys, S, and the stops I, the braces E F, applied to the uprightsD,the haystacker G,.provided with two sets of pulleys,

substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the stake 1, the loop 2, connected to the stake, the elevating-ropes, the stacker to which the elevating-ropes are connected, and the weight 3, which is connected to the elevating-ropes, substantially as In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OBED H. KING.

Witnesses:

THOMAS WVATERHoUsu, WESLEY Gnuws. 

